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crazycatlady

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7. Not sure how that works

Reply to videohead5 (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 4, 2017, 01:02 PM

Sep 2017

Also there was talk of changing the law after the Lautenberg fiasco in 2013 to make sure that the appointee is the same party as the outgoing senator. I'm not sure whether that ever passed as law or not.

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